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Goals

reach 150!

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Surgeon Testimonial

Rodolfo Sanchez, M.D.
Dr. Sanchez was gunned down and killed in an attempted robbery. Sad sad thing.
Member Interests
  • Crafts - Love to work with my hands. mosaics, scrapbooks, stain glass, painting, etc...
  • Family & Friends - Married 14 years and have no children, 2 stepsons
  • Humor - I like people who get it...
  • Dogs - My dog Nosey is 14 and just like having a furry child.
  • Teaching - Teach 6th grade and love it!!!
  • Home Improvement - yikes....i can paint, tile, do drywall repair, lay tile, wallpaper, etc..
  • Fishing - live on the coast, but actually prefer freshwater
  • Swimming - I am a water baby, love the water and sunshine.
  • Gardening - mow, prune, and weed....love my sunshine and outdoors

Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by piperkc on 11/4/05 8:05 am
    "It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~George Eliot “The Greatest healing therapy is friendship and Love.” ~ Hubert Humphrey "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, any one can start from now and make a brand new ending" " The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, but in what direction we are moving." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes "There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow." ~ O. S. Marden "Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil." ~ James Allen "I asked God to give me happiness. God said, "No. I give you blessings. Happiness is up to you." ~ Author Unknown "Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life. "Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, 'Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary." ~ Anthony Robbins " ~ Harvey Mackay "Life is a challenge, but if you don't stand and risk you will never know if you were able to win or lose. Challenges are not a thing of winning or losing; they are a way of learning from them to become a better person every day! ~ Alexsander Rodriguez, P.R "Don't ask for it to be easy, ask for it to be worth it." Dan Kuschell "The most important question to ask is not 'What am I getting?' The most important question to ask on the job is 'What am I becoming?'"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however." - Richard Bach "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins; not through strength, but through persistence." ~ Jackson Brown "I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning." ~ J.B. Priestly "Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult." ~ Julia Cameron "The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. That block of granite is often nothing more than a decision." ~ Thomas Carlyle "Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure." ~ Sydney Harris "Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." ~ Katherine Mansfield "Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream. And we shout with the others, when we should keep our mouths shut. Why? After all, we do only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. JUST DO IT." ~ Nike advertising campaign "I am convinced that attitude is the key to success or failure in almost any of life's endeavors. Your attitude - your perspective, your outlook, how you feel about yourself, how you feel about other people - determines your priorities, your actions, your values. Your attitude determines how you interact with other people and how you interact with yourself." ~ Carolyn Warner "Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives." ~ Author Unknown "It's never too late to be what you might have been." ~ George Eliot "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it." ~ Author Unknown "Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson A wish changes NOTHING; A decision, changes EVERYTHING "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will,they soon become inevitable." Christopher Reeves "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you. For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior." Isaiah 43:2-3 Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it. "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much." ~ Jim Rohn May you always have an Angel by your side. Watching out for you in all the things you do. Reminding you to keep believing in brighter days. Have a speedy recovery Angela in Corpus Christi 291lbs BMI 45.60 -234lbs Dr Michael Grace Open RNY Life began May 16, 2002 I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Surely..I will heal you." 2 Kings 20:5
  • Comment by Caeli B. on 10/26/05 7:52 am
    Congratulations!!! Wishing you a smooths surgery and a speedy recovery.
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So Happy!
on April 6, 2008 7:57 pm
I have been hovering here for so long that I am thrilled!  I almost forget the battle and just take it for granted.....which I NEVER want to do!1
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Still maintaining
on November 17, 2007 8:50 am
I have done pretty good with sticking between 150-155lbs  for the past 6 months or so.  I was actually down hovering at 148-150  right about the time I quit smoking in August....but I put on a couple of pounds that first month or two after I quit.  I am finally feeling remotivated to get my butt in gear and try to get back under 150!   I think I just settled here to work on maintainence because I was burned out and tired of worrying about protein, water, calories, etc...

I am thinking about scheduling a fill.  The fact that I can easily eat reheated chicken, bread, and eggs tells me I could probably use a tiny tweak on my fill right now.  I am 1.5ccs which has obviously been enough for maintaining, but I think a .2 or .4cc fill would be a huge help if decide to try to knock off this last 10lbs. 
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Ha ha ha! Broke my stall
on July 9, 2007 8:38 am

I have seen 150, 151, and 151 on the scale the last 3 days!  I am taking the 151lbs......but I think I might actually hit 150 soon.  The extra effort this week has paid off.

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Frustrated and stalled
on July 6, 2007 7:47 am
Would it be too much to ask my scale to budge, lol.  I have been stuck between 151-154 for months and months.  Gained a few in April with my unfill, lost them after I was refilled in May....and am just right back hovering around 152.  I know it is ME and not the scales, I need to tweak the calories down a bit and up the exercise up a bit.....it is just doing it that I am struggling with. 
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June 2007
on June 10, 2007 7:33 am

 I was writing a reply to someone this morning that got me thinking about the difference in my health since banding.  Some people are overweight but still healthy.  I was not one of them.  My body told me in every possible way that it couldnt handle the extra weight on it.  It is odd that with a BMI of just under 40 I was considered a "lower BMI", yet had so many weight related issues.  At 38 years old I was getting edema in my ankles like an old woman, developed high blood pressure, developed Insulin Resistance, high cholesterol, had knee/back/foot pain.  Taking Benicar, Metformin, and a statin........Physically miserable. 

 I feel like I saved my life, as corny and trite as that sounds!  It  is so easy to focus on the number on the scale, or "fitting into size whatever jeans".....but that isnt the only measure of success with the band.  Dont get me wrong, I am really wanting to get off another 10ish lbs (and fit into a size 8, lol) but I am so grateful to feel HEALTHY and normal again, which was my original reason for having the surgery!  

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